The [[Neo 1973]] device contains an integrated '''GPS'''. The particular device is marketed as an AGPS, and there is some [[Hardware:AGPS | discussion]] available as to what significance that "A" might have.

The [[Neo 1973]] device contains an integrated '''GPS'''. The particular device is marketed as an AGPS, and there is some [[Hardware:AGPS | discussion]] available as to what significance that "A" might have.

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The external antenna for the GPS is using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMCX MMCX] connector. It is located inside the battery compartment, to the left of the battery, and directly above the SD card. More information about external antennas on the [[GPS antennas for neo1973|GPS antennas page]].

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The external antenna for the GPS is using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMCX MMCX] connector. More information about external antennas on the [[GPS antennas for neo1973|GPS antennas page]]. The connector for the internal GPS antenna is also using a MMCX connector. This connector is located inside the battery compartment, to the left of the battery, and directly above the SD card.

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The Neo 1973 device contains an integrated GPS. The particular device is marketed as an AGPS, and there is some discussion available as to what significance that "A" might have.

The external antenna for the GPS is using a MMCX connector. More information about external antennas on the GPS antennas page. The connector for the internal GPS antenna is also using a MMCX connector. This connector is located inside the battery compartment, to the left of the battery, and directly above the SD card.

A critical problem with early (current) GTA02s is that they can take a long time (10min+) to get first GPS data. This problem has been traced to interference with the SD card, see this page for more discussion and suggested fixes.

There was an effort to write a Free Software
program that could be used instead of this binary-only program, but this stalled after the decision to change GPS chips in GTA02.
The Iphone 3G also uses the same GPS chip. It's not inconcievable that this might lead to further effort.

Cumulus GPS software for glider pilots (and pilots in general), has a port for Qtopia and pulls (world) maps from the KFLog flight planner project. I think someone has put a project like this on the projects website here.

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The Neo 1973 device contains an integrated GPS. The particular device is marketed as an AGPS, and there is some discussion available as to what significance that "A" might have.

The external antenna for the GPS is using a MMCX connector. More information about external antennas on the GPS antennas page. The connector for the internal GPS antenna is also using a MMCX connector. This connector is located inside the battery compartment, to the left of the battery, and directly above the SD card.

A critical problem with early (current) GTA02s is that they can take a long time (10min+) to get first GPS data. This problem has been traced to interference with the SD card, see this page for more discussion and suggested fixes.

There was an effort to write a Free Software
program that could be used instead of this binary-only program, but this stalled after the decision to change GPS chips in GTA02.
The Iphone 3G also uses the same GPS chip. It's not inconcievable that this might lead to further effort.

Cumulus GPS software for glider pilots (and pilots in general), has a port for Qtopia and pulls (world) maps from the KFLog flight planner project. I think someone has put a project like this on the projects website here.